Pledge

Pledge

Doug Kapustin/ Photo Special to The Baltimore Sun

Howard County Executive Ken Ulman (Left) and county school superintendent Dr. Sydney Cousin make it official as they ask students at Talbot Springs Elementary School in Columbia to join them in a soda-free pledge for 30 days.

Howard County Executive Ken Ulman (Left) and county school superintendent Dr. Sydney Cousin make it official as they ask students at Talbot Springs Elementary School in Columbia to join them in a soda-free pledge for 30 days. (Doug Kapustin/ Photo Special to The Baltimore Sun)

Howard County Executive Ken Ulman (Left) and county school superintendent Dr. Sydney Cousin make it official as they ask students at Talbot Springs Elementary School in Columbia to join them in a soda-free pledge for 30 days.